For over a decade ITSS Limited has been providing IT Cost Management and Procurement expertise to help its clients best manage technology costs. Assignments have been as diverse as sourcing onsite, near-shore and far shore options for software development; fully outsourced and managed data centres, networks and voice; new on-premise Disaster Recovery options for multiple […]
At some point most organisations reach the point where a step change in their use of technology is needed. For micro organisations this can be hard enough, the owner and the other few people in the business need to focus on day to day operations and do not have the time nor expertise to really […]
It is well known that better procurement of organisational overheads can significantly improve bottom line profitability. Information Technology costs can be both direct or indirect and, leveraged in the best way IT can have a massive impact on corporate growth and profitability. Just as employing highly skilled, higher performing employees in the right areas of […]
Recent research published by HfS Research reveals the current priorities of senior business leaders and their intention to move more towards ‘As a service’ outsourcing opportunities. The priorities of business leaders include driving down operational costs and introducing cost effective, flexible services. They see the need to for better use of data to provide strategic […]
THE STEPS NEEDED TO TRANSFORM A RUGBY TEAM I think France are in this category. Where are England and what changes are needed? Bring in a leader from outside to help you with that transformation. Someone who has done it before. Experience is key. The new leader will work with all those in charge of […]
Let’s be honest. England took the wrong option. With minutes to go they chose to kick for the corner rather than let Owen Farrell, who has his best kicking boots on, kick a not too difficult goal. They did so because they failed to see the big picture. The goal was not to win the […]
External and Internal Audits have long been accepted as an essential tools for any significantly sized organisation to ensure good Governance but many are not achieving that end result by failing to recognise the need for specialist, independent IT expertise and input. External audit is typically primarily aimed at providing reasonable assurance that the company’s […]
Only 20 per cent of civil servants believe their department has the skills to manage IT suppliers, according to a survey. Research by techUK said that although most civil servants considered IT to be critical to delivering business plans, they doubt they have the right skills and culture within their departments to enable digital transformation of public […]
The very nature of the mid-market organisations that are too big to be considered SME’s, but smaller than large, exchange-listed businesses – dictates that they are likely to be going through some kind of development or business event. They could be preparing for an IPO, in the process of selling to a private equity house, […]
UK and Irish economies are growing again and the 2014 ITSS LLP survey on IT costs and expenditure on the island of Ireland, carried out with support from Intertrade Ireland, supports suspicions that Irish organisations are starting to invest again in Information technology Investing wisely in IT will be a key factor to increasing competitiveness […]
